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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who employs the summoner in The Friar's Tale?
(a) An archdeacon.
(b) A bishop.
(c) A priest.
(d) A mayor.

2. What does the knight in the Wife of Bath's Tale do that gets him in trouble?
(a) He kidnaps a young maiden.
(b) He steals from the king.
(c) He rapes a young maiden.
(d) He speaks out against the queen.

3. What does Absalom get from the blacksmith?
(a) A red-hot poker.
(b) An anvil.
(c) Tongs.
(d) A sword.

4. Who interrupts the Squire's tale?
(a) The Prioress.
(b) The Franklin.
(c) The Host.
(d) The Narrator.

5. Why does the king in the Squire’s Tale order a celebration?
(a) For the birth of his twentieth child.
(b) For his daughter's twentieth birthday.
(c) For his twentieth wedding anniversary.
(d) For the twentieth anniversary of his reign.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who will determine the best tale in the contest?

2. Why does the king in the Clerk’s Tale take his daughter from his wife?

3. How much of his debt can Aurelius pay?

4. Who wants to marry Lady Constance?

5. Who is the focus of the Summoner's Tale?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the Wife of Bath's Prologue so long?

2. How is the Friar's Tale uncomplimentary to summoners?

3. Why does the Host ask the Clerk to tell a tale after the Summoner's Tale?

4. What is the purpose of the knight's quest to find what women most desire?

5. What could be considered controversial about the Wife of Bath's Tale?

6. How are the summoner and the yeoman both bailiffs?

7. Why are the characters in the Franklin's Tale rewarded?

8. What is the basis of the Reeve's story? Why is this the basis for the story?

9. What is the purpose of the General Prologue?

10. What concern does the Friar have about the Wife of Bath's Tale?

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